Chironomia; or, A treatise on rhetorical deliveryT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 - 583 pàgines |
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Pàgina v
... particular ideas ; which , it was my intention , when pro- perly digested , to lay before the public : but previous to this , I thought it incumbent on me to examine , as far as in my power , what had been done by others , who had ...
... particular ideas ; which , it was my intention , when pro- perly digested , to lay before the public : but previous to this , I thought it incumbent on me to examine , as far as in my power , what had been done by others , who had ...
Pàgina vi
... particular profession . Of the other modes of public speaking I have treated with greater reserve ; yet as they may be reduced to common principles , I have not hesitated to maintain certain opinions with respect to all . As to the ...
... particular profession . Of the other modes of public speaking I have treated with greater reserve ; yet as they may be reduced to common principles , I have not hesitated to maintain certain opinions with respect to all . As to the ...
Pàgina 3
... particular attention to every circumstance connected with it , can- not be doubted . They attached to it an importance almost equal to that of composition . The failure of Demosthenes himself , before he cultivated this art with ...
... particular attention to every circumstance connected with it , can- not be doubted . They attached to it an importance almost equal to that of composition . The failure of Demosthenes himself , before he cultivated this art with ...
Pàgina 5
... particular case . All that the ancients have laboured on this business , or almost all , has died with them . Even modern speakers , if any succeed in this part of éloquence , can impart instruction only within a very limited space ...
... particular case . All that the ancients have laboured on this business , or almost all , has died with them . Even modern speakers , if any succeed in this part of éloquence , can impart instruction only within a very limited space ...
Pàgina 12
... particular people to the exclusion of others ; and that it is not the gift of nature more than other high acquire- ments ; but that it is the reward of arduous labour , under the guidance of consummate art . We admit the French to have ...
... particular people to the exclusion of others ; and that it is not the gift of nature more than other high acquire- ments ; but that it is the reward of arduous labour , under the guidance of consummate art . We admit the French to have ...
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action actor affectation altogether ancient animi appears atque autem autres body celebrated character Cicero corporis countenance Cresol Cresollius deinde delivered delivery Demosthenes dicendi dicere digitis discourse doit elevated Elocutio eloquence enim etiam expression eyes feelings fingers geste grace hæc hand illa l'expression labour language magis manner manum manus marked mind modo modum motions motus mouvemens nature neque nihil notation object observed omnia omnis orator oratory palæstra pantomime passage passions Pathognomy perfection Plutarch Plutus pollice position primum principal gesture pronunciatio public speaker pulpit Pylades qu'il quæ quædam quam quid quidem Quint Quintilian quod quoque reading rhetorical sæpe sentiments significant gestures speaking suited sunt talents tamen tantum tion tones variety vero vocem vocis voice vultus whilst words γὰρ δὲ καὶ τὴν τῆς τὸ τὸν τῶν
Passatges populars
Pàgina 483 - But I will punish home: No, I will weep no more. In such a night To shut me out! Pour on; I will endure. In such a night as this! O Regan, Goneril! Your old kind father, whose frank heart gave all O, that way madness lies; let me shun that; No more of that.
Pàgina 281 - Pity it is, that the momentary beauties flowing from an harmonious elocution, cannot like those of poetry be their own record! That the animated graces of the player can live no longer than the instant breath and motion that presents them; or at best can but faintly glimmer through the memory, or imperfect attestation of a few surviving spectators.
Pàgina 80 - Why, what should be the fear ? I do not set my life at a pin's fee ; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself ? It waves me forth again : I'll follow it.
Pàgina 116 - The light of the body is the eye : therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. 35 Take heed therefore, that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
Pàgina 518 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...
Pàgina 182 - Recherches d'Antiquite, gives us a curious story of the celebrated physiognomist Campanella. This man, it seems, had not only made very accurate observations on human faces, but was very expert in mimicking such as were any way remarkable. When he had a mind to penetrate into the inclinations...
Pàgina 318 - Tum, pietate gravem ac meritis si forte virum quem Conspexere, silent, arrectisque auribus adstant ; Ille regit dictis animos, et pectora mulcet...
Pàgina 53 - Oh, against all rule, my Lord, — most ungrammatically! betwixt the substantive and the adjective, which should agree together in number, case, and gender, he made a breach thus, — stopping, as if the point wanted settling; — and...
Pàgina 38 - In just articulation the words are not to be hurried over, nor precipitated syllable over syllable: nor, as it were, melted together into a mass of confusion : they should be neither abridged, nor prolonged, nor swallowed, nor forced, and, (if I may so express it,) shot from the mouth; they should not be trailed, nor drawled...
Pàgina 206 - ... haec studia adolescentiam alunt, senectutem oblectant, secundas res ornant, adversis perfugium ac solatium praebent, 'delectant domi, non impediunt foris, pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur.